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speculate

matter about which insufficient evidence has been presented in reaching its verdict. 2 : to assume a business risk in hope of gain ;esp : to buy or sell in expectation of profiting from market fluctuations vt

speculation

speculation : an act or instance of speculating: as a : assumption of unusual business risk in hopes of obtaining commensurate gain b : a transaction involving such speculation

sub-prime loan

to used to describe loans with less stringent lending and underwriting terms and conditions. Due to the higher risk, sub-prime loans charge higher interest rates and fees. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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entrepreneurial

of or pertaining to an entrepreneur or entrepreneurship as entrepreneurial risks

Re-insurance or Re-assurance

Re-insurance or Re-assurance, a contract by which a first insurer relieves himself from the risks which he has undertaken, and devolves them upon other insurers, called re-insurers or re-assurers.

Motor cycle

licence can be obtained at sixteen, but a driving test must be passed and also insurance against third-party risks must be taken out; for offences, etc., see, generally, the Act. It means a two-wheeled motor vehicle, inclusive

Joint venture

or an association of persons or companies jointly undertaking some commercial enterprise wherein all contribute assets and share risks. It requires a community of interest in the performance of the subject-matter, a right to direct and govern

In all

underlying legislative purpose of the provisions contained in Chap. VIII of the Act which deals with third party risks. That is a sensitive process which has to accommodate the claims of the society as reflected in that

Bicycles

also a degree of physical fitness. The minimum age is now 16. Regarding the compulsory insurance of third-party risks, and the pertinent regulations concerning motor cycles and offences in regard to driving, especially reckless, dangerous, or careless

Actual value

Aluminium Corporation of India v. Union of India, (1983) 3 SCC 300: AIR 1983 SC 751 (752). [Emergency Risks (Factories) Insurance Act, 1962, s. 3]

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